The Thursday ThesisThoughts and Lessons from Life & Guitar Teaching

Well, that was 2017.So, how was it for you?Did you keep your phoney-baloney New Year’s Resolutions, or were they just too much trouble?Research shows that the vast majority of people who make New Year Resolutions fail to keep them within the first two weeks: this will come as no surprise to you, because you and I have both done it, haven’t we?And the chances are that we will do it again...and again...We might even have noticed that New Year’s Resolutions don’t work. It’s no big deal, and it’s no surprise to US!!I propose that we both give New Year’s Resolutions The Finger, and figure out something that actually works better.I’ve made a start, and here’s what I came up with: if you want to change, there is no better time to start than at midnight.By “midnight” I mean any midnight – common or garden variety midnight - not just January 31st. That’s because midnight is the tipping point of time: it’s when today becomes yesterday and tomorrow is no longer an unfulfilled promise, just out of reach.Time “tips” over at midnight every single day, 365 days every year – how did we miss that fact and settle for New Year’s Eve as the very best day to make changes?Why only one day?Come on, now: if you did something once a year would it become any easier?What if you did that thing every single midnight?If you have just one attempt and you blow it, then it’s all over for another year.Now imagine you have another 364 goes at it – a whole 365 chances to make that change you want in your life...Remember that you only need it to work once...How do you rate your chances of hitting the target now that you’ve got another 364 extra shots at it?To make A New Year’s Resolution might be a massive mistake, because it’s a one-shot deal: it’s shit or bust, make or break.Give me one chance every year to get what I want and I’ll take it, if that’s the only offer there is.But the reality is that there are always 365 chances on the table, and I am going to take them all: how about you?I’m going to seize 365 of those 365 chances to make choices about how I live, work and love – and I only need one of those chances to work – just like you do.

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The Thursday Thesis is a fun way to share ideas and experiences from life as a Guitar Teacher, Certified NLP Practitioner and Life-Coach, Retailer, Composer, Player, Technician, Accountant, Scientist and Writer... and as the father of a wonderful son.

I'm Neil Cowmeadow, the Guitar Teacher and Guitar Technician, based near Telford, Shropshire.

My aim is to share some of the discoveries and cool stuff that took me a lifetime to learn - so you don't have to replicate the effort.

Along the way, I'm also going to debunk the mountains of nonsense and pretentious claptrap that put people off playing music, writing songs, and having more fun in their lives.

Along the way, some of these posts might challenge your assumptions and ideas.Pick up a nugget of cool stuff, here, and throw it into the waters of your life.The ripples you'll create will spread outwards...

I may also wander off into politics, literature, or any other place I damn-well please, but if you're cool with that, read on....